Bible Encyclopedia: Ahiman

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

AHIMAN

a-hi'-man ('achiman, perhaps, "brother of fortune," or, "my brother is fortune"):

(1) One of the names given as those of the three "children of the Anak" (Numbers 13:22 Joshua 15:14 Numbers 13:28 2 Samuel 21:16, 18), or the three "sons of the Anak" (Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:20). The three names (Ahiman, Sheshai, Talmai) also occur together in Judges 1:10. The word Anak in the Hebrew Bible has the definite article except in Numbers 13:33 and Deuteronomy 9:2. Its use is that of a common noun denoting a certain type of man, rather than as the proper name of a person or a clan, though this need not prevent our thinking of the Anakim as a clan or group of clans, who regarded Arba as their founder. The question is raised whether Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai are to be thought of as persons or as clans. The most natural understanding of the Bible statements is certainly to the effect that they were personal leaders among the Anakim of Kiriath-arba (Hebron). They were smitten and dispossessed by the tribe of Judah, with Caleb for leader.

(2) A Levite, one of the gatekeepers of the latest Bible times (1 Chronicles 9:17). He is associated with Akkub and Talmon and their brethren: compare Nehemiah 11:19.

Willis J. Beecher

Strong's Hebrew

289. Achiman -- a Levite, also a son of Anak
... 288, 289. Achiman. 290 . a Levite, also a son of Anak. Transliteration: Achiman
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-man') Short Definition: Ahiman. ... Ahiman. ...
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Library

Afraid of Giants
... Hamath.22. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/afraid of giants.htm

Caleb --A Green Old Age
... What were the three Anak chiefs, with their barbarous names, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, and their giant stature, to the onset of a warrior faith like that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/caleba green old age.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... It is related how one of their subdivisions, of which Caleb was the eponymous hero,
had driven from Hebron the three sons of Anak"Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ahiman

brother of the right hand

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahiman

(brother of the right hand).

One of the three giant Anakim who inhabited Mount Hebron, (Numbers 13:22,23) seen by Caleb and the spies. (B.C. 1490.) The whole race was cut off by Joshua, (Joshua 11:21) and the three brothers were slain by the tribe of Judah. (Judges 1:10)
A Levite porter. (1 Chronicles 9:17)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Brother of a gift = liberal.

(1.) One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).

(2.) One of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (1 Chronicles 9:17).

Thesaurus

Ahiman (4 Occurrences)
... 17). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AHIMAN. a ... 20). The three names (Ahiman,
Sheshai, Talmai) also occur together in Judges 1:10. The ...
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Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)
Ahi'man. Ahiman, Ahi'man. Ahimelech . ... Joshua 15:14 And Caleb drove out thence
the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ...
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Talmai (6 Occurrences)
... Talmai (6 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
/t/talmai.htm - 9k

Sheshai (3 Occurrences)
... Sheshai (3 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
/s/sheshai.htm - 8k

Anak (8 Occurrences)
... Anak (8 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
/a/anak.htm - 9k

She'shai (3 Occurrences)
... Numbers 13:22 And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
/s/she'shai.htm - 7k

Ahim'a-az (8 Occurrences)
Ahim'a-az. Ahi'ma-az, Ahim'a-az. Ahiman . Multi-Version Concordance
Ahim'a-az (8 Occurrences). ... (See RSV). Ahi'ma-az, Ahim'a-az. Ahiman . Reference
/a/ahim'a-az.htm - 8k

Caleb (39 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 15:14 Caleb drove out the
three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ...
/c/caleb.htm - 24k

Hebron (71 Occurrences)
... Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
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Zo'an (7 Occurrences)
... Zo'an (7 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
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Bible Concordance

Ahiman (4 Occurrences)

Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 15:14 Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 1:10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 9:17 The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Ahiman

Ahiman: A Giant of Hebron

Ahiman: A Levite

Related Terms

Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)

Talmai (6 Occurrences)

Sheshai (3 Occurrences)

Anak (8 Occurrences)

She'shai (3 Occurrences)

Ahim'a-az (8 Occurrences)

Caleb (39 Occurrences)